#McConnell

Wendy Weiser

WendyRWeiser

Yesterday, McConnell introduced a bill cynically designed to kill efforts to increase stimulus checks to Americans by attaching two poison pills unrelated to the pandemic. One has received less attention

Heidi Li Feldman

HeidiLiFeldman

The inhumane lawlessness of the Trump administration goes right back to its beginnings, including the conduct of Jeff Sessions, Trump’s first AG. 1/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trumps-zero-tolerance-border-policy-was-pushed-agg

Michael R. Strain

MichaelRStrain

THREAD. The $908 billion bipartisan stimulus that Congress is debating right now would give the economy the support it needs. The House and Senate should pass a bill this week

Chris Hayes

chrislhayes

Let's just be clear here: Literally all of this was obvious from the moment Trump came down the escalator: his contempt for democracy, his love of authoritarians and violence, and

Ben Jackson

DadoftheDecade

Here's a quick thread on why the @SenateDems and @SpeakerPelosi were exactly right not to cave on @seantemajleader's pathetic "stimulus" bill.It's a wet blanket on a freezing night. It might

Nicole Alexander Fisher

_nalexander

Here's what happened today in the Senate regarding the $2000 checks, for anyone confused.Two items are on the agenda--overriding Trump's NDAA veto & the stimulus payment increase.Sanders & Markey plan

Molly Shah

MollyOShah

I hated Mitch McConnell when he was County Judge Executive of Jefferson County and I was 5. So y’all can shove off explaining to me how to adequately hate him.

Warren C.🇺🇸 45th POTUS = G.O.A.T. 🇺🇸 ✝️

808TeslaY

Mitch McConnell received donations from Dominion Voting Systems and shut down two election integrity bills in 2020.The Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY), is urging Senate Republicans to accept the

K. Louise Neufeld 🇺🇸

ninaandtito

Did he steal a SCOTUS seat and get major tax benefits for millionaires? Yes. But aside from that, Mitch McConnell has actually been quite a failure at his biggest goals.He

Sarah Gollust

sarahgollust

On the public vaccinations of Pence, McConnell and other GOP officials and whether it could close the partisan divide in vaccine hesitancy documented this week by @KFF.https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/18/world/covid-19-coronavirus#pence

Pouissant

Pouissant1

1/I, for one, was not surprised yesterday when Mitch McConnell congratulated biden & co. of their 'win'..What it did was disappoint me & piss me off.After riding POTUS's coattails for

Alex Dukalskis

AlexDukalskis

What can be said that hasn't been already? Probably not much, but here are a few scattered thoughts on yesterday's events in the US: First, the Democrats just regained the

Travis Allen 🇺🇸

TravisAllen02

Everyone keeps asking me how Mitch McConnell keeps getting re-elected in Kentucky. Mitch’s argument during his campaigns is essentially “I’m a Senate leader, therefore I can get the most done

Grace Segers

Grace_Segers

Three weeks ago today, a violent mob led by white supremacists ransacked the Capitol, resulting in the deaths of five people. They hunted lawmakers & VP Pence. They hung nooses

Jonathan Bullington

jrbullington

I’m in Frankfort covering a rally at the statehouse. Follow live updates at @courierjournal I count close to 100 people here, many armed. First speaker passionately talking about how they’re

Jacob T. Levy

jtlevy

“Better late than never” is usually true— and yet late is still *late,* not on time.Everyone who is starting *now* to break with Trump, resign from his administration, enforce rules

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